Button.



PATBNTED APR. 9, 1907.

A. J. LEVY.

. BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4. 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED J. LEVY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-I IALF TOMONTEFIORE LEVY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 1907.

Application filed September 4,1906. Serial No- 333,232.

To all w/wm it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED J. LEVY, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Buttons, of which the following is a specificationcontaining a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to a button particularly adapted for use on apparelwhich is fre quently laundered.

The object of my invent-ion is to construct a simple inexpensive buttonwhich is per manently secured to the garment in such a manner as towithstand the rough usage to which garments are ordinarily subjectedwhile being washed and ironed.

To the above purposes my invention consists in certain novel features ofconstruction, which will be hereinafter more fully set forth, pointedout in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of a button of my improvedconstruction in position on a portion of a garment. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of a button. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section taken on theline 3 3 of Fig. 1.

In the construction of my improved button an approximately hemisphericalbody 1 is formed of cotton or analogous fibrous material, and stretchedtightly and smoothly over this body 1 is the center of a circularsection of fabric 2, thus forming the head of the button. The fabric isdrawn together immediately beneath the center of the body 1, and asuitable cord or thread 3 is tightly wound around the fabric immediatelybeneath the head, and the ends of the thread or cord are tied together.The outer portion of the circular section of fabric is smoothed out, soas to form an approximately lat disk 4, which is intended to occupy ahorizontal plane immediately beneath the head of the button. Insmoothing out or forming this disk it is necessary to form a series ofradially-arranged folds in the fabric of which the button is formed, asclearly shown in Fig. 2.

When a button so constructed is to be attached to a garment, an opening5, similar to a buttonhole, but smaller than the head of the button, isformed in the garment, and the disk portion 4 of the button is insertedl through this opening and is so manipulated as to lie fiat immediatelyagainst the inside of the garment fabric around said opening. (See Fig.3.) WVhen thus positioned, a circular row of stitches 6 are taken aroundthe opening 5 through the garment fabric and through the disk portion ofthe fabric forming the button. This very effectually secures the buttonto the garment, and when so secured the gathered portion of the buttonfabric which is tied by the cord or thread 3 extends through the opening5, with the button-head projecting from the face of the garment fabric.The lining 7 -of the garment lies flat against the disk portion of thebutton and conceals the same from View.

A button of my improved construction can be easily and cheaplymanufactured, can be quickly secured to a garment, and when properlysecured effectually resists any tendency to be pulled off as a result ofundue strain or while the garment is being washed and ironed.

I claim 1. The combination with a garment having an opening therein, ofa button constructed with a head, and an integral flexible disk portionadapted to be inserted through the opening in the garment and securedto-the garment fabric; substantially as specified.

2. A button, comprising a section of flexible material, a filler locatedin the center of said section of material, and which material isgathered and tied immediately beneath the center of the filler, and theouter portion of the section of material being extended horizontallyfrom the gathered portion; substantially as specified.

3. The herein-described button, comprising a circular section offlexible material, a hemispherical body over which the center of theflexible section is stretched, which flexible section is gathered andtied immediately beneath the body, and the outer portion of the flexiblematerial being formed into a horizontally-arranged disk; substantiallyas specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED J. LEVY. I/Vitnesses:

M. P. SMITH, E. L. WALLAcE.

